Letter from Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident, Bushire, to Samuel Manesty, Resident, Bussora [Basra]
IOR/R/15/1/5, f 8v
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 19 Mar 1802. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mirza Mahdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur], Native Resident, Bushire, reports that the Viper arrived at Bushire on 17 March 1802 and will leave for Bussora [Basra] today. He goes on to provide information that arrived with the Viper , such as the whereabouts of Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, who is not expected at the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. until after the rains. Enclosed with the letter is a statement concerning the bales that were damaged on board the Diamond and left at Bushire by mistake. This statement does follow on from the letter, but it is dated 26 March 1802, so it has been treated as a separate item (see ff 8-9).
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- Letter from Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident, Bushire, to Samuel Manesty, Resident, Bussora [Basra]
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- 8v
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